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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Okonkwo act for two days after Ikemefuna's death?
(a) He does not eat for two days, he drinks palm-wine from morning until night, he does not sleep, and he can't stop thinking about Ikemefuna.
(b) He goes into the hills and offers a sacrifice to the gods, asking their forgiveness for taking part in Ikemfuna's death.
(c) He works day and night to keep his mind occupied.
(d) He acts as if nothing has happened and continues his daily routines.

2. When Okonkwo was a boy, his father, Unoka, consults Agbala, the Oracle of the Hills, about why his crops always fail.. What reply did the Oracle give?
(a) That he angers his ancestors and they plague his land.
(b) That Unoka sows his yams on exhausted land rather than making the effort to clear new land.
(c) That he should stay home and offer sacrifices to the gods.
(d) That Unoka has offended the gods and that is why his crop fail.

3. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
(a) She comes out of the cave, giving Okonkwo and Ekwefi a lock of Ezinma's hair. She tells them to bury it in the yam field.
(b) She comes out of the cave alone, telling Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Ezinma has to remain in the cave for two days and nights.
(c) She comes out of the cave and tells Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Agbala wants them to leave, or Ezinma will be sacrificed.
(d) She doesn't say a word to Okonkwo or Ekwefi, but carries Ezinma back to Okonkwo's compound and places Ezinma in bed.

4. Why does Unkona's neighbor, Okoye, visit him?
(a) To talk about music.
(b) To pray with Unkona for life, health, and protection from enemies.
(c) To share kola nuts with Unkona.
(d) To collect a two-year-old debt of two hundred cowries.

5. What happens to twins born in Umuofia?
(a) They are revered as sacred above all other infants.
(b) They are considered good luck and raised by the priestess of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.
(c) They are placed in earthenware pots and thrown away in the forest.
(d) They are drowned.

6. Why do all the women abandon preparing the food for the uri and rush off to the Obierika's crop field?
(a) A neighbor's child went to the field and started picking the crops.
(b) The locusts landed on the crops and have to be brushed off the leaves.
(c) There is a cow loose in the field eating the crops and the women have to catch it.
(d) A fire broke out in the field and the women have to stomp it out.

7. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?
(a) The goat farm in the village
(b) The wonderful market in Umuike
(c) To a neighboring goat herder known for his fat goats
(d) To the hills where wild goats roam free

8. How many pots of wine do Obierika's in-laws brink to his home for the uri?
(a) Fifty
(b) Twenty-five
(c) None
(d) Twenty

9. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?
(a) Ikemefuna is to remain in Okonkwo's household as a servant for the rest of his life.
(b) Ikemefuna is to be given all the rights of an adopted son to Okonkwo.
(c) Nwoye and Ikemefuna are to be declared by Umuofia as brothers for life.
(d) Umuofia decides to kill Ikemefuna. The Oracle of the Hills pronounces it. Okonkwo is not to take part in the killing because the boy calls him father.

10. Okonkwo is very prosperous, owning a large compound with many huts, and an abundance of food. Ikemefuna is given to Okonkwo to live with him until the clan decides Ikemefuna's fate. How does Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo?
(a) He is afraid and does not understand the circumstances.
(b) He hopes to learn how to become a great farmer and warrior from Okonkwo.
(c) He is thankful that he will never be hungry living with Okonkwo, his three wives, and eight children.
(d) He is pleased to be living with such a powerful, wealthy man.

11. What is a man who holds the ozo title forbidden to do?
(a) Tap the tall palm trees.
(b) Wrestle during the Feast of the New Yam.
(c) Talk to a single woman in public.
(d) Drink from the tapping of short palm trees.

12. What are the things that Okonkwo fears most?
(a) Forces of nature.
(b) Failure, weakness, and himself.
(c) Evil and capricious gods.
(d) The forest and magic.

13. Who is the first man Okonkwo works for as a share-cropper ?
(a) Okoye
(b) Ogbuefi Udo
(c) Agbala
(d) Nwakibie

14. Nwoye's mother calls Ezinma "Ezigbo" when she brings the fire to Nwoye's mother's hut. What does "Ezigbo" mean?
(a) Helpful child
(b) Good work
(c) The good one
(d) Good girl

15. What hopes does Okonkwo have for his son, Nwoye's , future?
(a) He wants Nwoye to be a great warrior with many heroic victories to his name.
(b) He wants Nwoye to be prosperous, that he will have enough to feed the ancestors with regular sacrifices, and he will be able to rule his women and children.
(c) He wants Nwoye to be a talented musician, performing at all the festivals in the nine villages.
(d) He hopes Nwoye would be a fair, just, and wise father and husband, showing kindness and love to his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the people of Umuofia observe the Week of Peace?

2. What is the emergency that the great orator announces at the meeting in the marketplace?

3. Nine out of ten of Ekwefi's children die in infancy. After the second death, Okonkwo goes to the medicine man to find out why this is happening. What explanation does the diviner give?

4. What is the agreed upon bride-price for Akueke?

5. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?

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